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Pinhal Interior Norte
Pinhal Interior Norte () is a former Portuguese subregion, in Centro Region, Portugal. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision. Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 The principal and most populous town is . The only city is |
Portuguese People
The Portuguese people () are a Romance nation and ethnic group indigenous to Portugal who share a common culture, ancestry and language. The Portuguese people's heritage largely derives from the pre-Celts, Proto-Celts (Lusitanians, Conii) and Celts (Gallaecians, Turduli and Celtici), who were Romanized after the conquest of the region by the ancient Romans. A small number of male lineages descend from Germanic tribes who arrived after the Roman period as ruling elites, including the Suebi, Buri, Hasdingi Vandals, Visigoths with the highest incidence occurring in northern and central Portugal. The pastoral Caucasus' Alans left small traces in a few central-southern areas. Finally, the Umayyad conquest of Iberia also left Jewish, Moorish and Saqaliba genetic contributions, particularly in the south of the country. The Roman Republic conquered the Iberian Peninsula during the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. from the extensive maritime empire of Carthage during the series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castanheira De Pêra
Castanheira de Pera (), often erroneously written Castanheira de Pêra, is a municipality in the district of Leiria in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,191,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 66.77 km². The present Mayor is Fernando José Pires Lopes, elected by the . The municipal holiday is on July 4. Parishes Administratively, the municipality consists of 1 civ ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tábua Municipality
Tábua () is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The municipality contains the town of Tábua. The population in 2011 was 12,071, in an area of 199.79 km². Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Ázere e Covelo * Candosa * Carapinha * Covas e Vila Nova de Oliveirinha * Espariz e Sinde * Midões * Mouronho * Pinheiro de Coja e Meda de Mouros * Póvoa de Midões * São João da Boa Vista * Tábua Notable people * Sara Beirão (1880 in Tábua - 1974) a writer, journalist, women's rights activist and philanthropist. * António Castanheira Neves António Castanheira Neves (born 8 November 1929 in Tábua) is a Portuguese legal philosopher and a professor emeritus at the law faculty of the University of Coimbra. According to Castanheira Neves, law can only be understood through ''legal pro ... (born 1929 in Tábua) a Portuguese legal philosopher and academic * André Fontes (born 1985 in Táb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penela Municipality
Penela () is a municipality located in Coimbra District, in Portugal. It contains the town of Penela with about 3,300 inhabitants. The town's main tourist attraction is the Penela Castle. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 5,983, in an area of 134.80 km². It is among the oldest recognized municipalities in the whole country (1137). Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Cumeeira * Espinhal * Podentes * São Miguel, Santa Eufémia e Rabaçal (town) Notable people * António Arnaut Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ... (1936 in Penela – 2018) a Portuguese poet, fiction writer, essayist, lawyer, politician and Govt. minister. References External links Photos from Penela Towns in Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedrógão Grande
Pedrógão Grande (; cel-x-proto, Pendraganum) is a municipality in the district of Leiria in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,915 in an area of . The town itself has fewer than 2,000 inhabitants, with the remaining population living in several small villages surrounded by forests. The town center contains historical provincial gentry housing. The earliest town charter dates to 1206, when rights to hold a market were conceded by Afonso Pedro, natural son of Afonso II of Portugal; however, the current municipality was established only in 1898. The present mayor is Valdemar Gomes Fernandes Alves, an independent elected in 2013 by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is July 24. The municipality is located in a large region of granite and shale in the basin of the Zêzere and Unhais rivers and the streams of Pêra and Mega, currently enlarged by the reservoirs of two large dams: Cabril and Bouçã. It has a typical Mediterranean climate: winters are cold, the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pampilhosa Da Serra Municipality
Pampilhosa da Serra () is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,481, in an area of 396.46 km². Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Cabril * Dornelas do Zêzere * Fajão - Vidual * Janeiro de Baixo * Pampilhosa da Serra * Pessegueiro * Portela do Fojo - Machio * Unhais-o-Velho Notable people * António Fernandes (born 1962 in Pampilhosa da Serra) a chess player, became Grandmaster in 2003 * Tony Carreira António Manuel Mateus Antunes (born 30 December, 1963), known professionally as Tony Carreira, is a Portuguese singer and musician. Born in the small rural locality of Armadouro, Pampilhosa da Serra, he moved to Paris at age 10 with his emigrant ... (born 1963 in Armadouro) a Portuguese musician. References Municipalities of Coimbra District People from Pampilhosa da Serra {{Coimbra-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Do Corvo
Miranda do Corvo () is a town and a municipality in the Portuguese district of Coimbra, with an area of and 2011 population of 13,098 inhabitants. History The first reference to the region of Miranda do Corvo arrived at the end of the 10th century, although evidence of archaeological evidence to human settlement extend further back in history. The 10th century document that referenced these lands were associated with the Monastery of Lorvão in 998, that identified a military structure in Miranda do Corvo, that included tower. Today there is recognition that the settlement of Vila Nova occurred in pre-history and that Chão de Lamas during a proto-historical interval. Archaeological excavations around the Roman settlement of Eira Velha in Lamas also unearthed the vestiges of the agricultural community important along Roman roadways. The oldest settlement, in Alto do Calvário, suggests a period colonization dating to the Middle Ages, from dating of tombs and earthen burial excav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Góis
Góis () is a concelho, municipality of the district of Coimbra (district), Coimbra, in the Centro Region, Portugal, central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,260, in an area of 263.30 km². Geography Physical geography The municipality of Góis is situated in Coimbra, in the deep, narrow valley of the Ceira River, Ceira, between the mountains of Carvalhal and Rabadão. The municipality is limited in the north by the municipality of Arganil Municipality, Arganil, east by Pampilhosa da Serra Municipality, Pampilhosa da Serra, southwest by Pedrógão Grande and Castanheira de Pera, west by Lousã and northwest by Vila Nova de Poiares Municipality, Vila Nova de Poiares. The mountains of the Penedo de Góis, which are part of the ''Serra da Lousã'' (''Lousã Mountains''), at a height of , have an accentuated orography with many climatic differences; the Lousã represents the end of the southwest-central cordillera, with elevations between and abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arganil Municipality
Arganil () is a town and municipality in Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 12,145, in an area of 332.84 km2. The present mayor is Luís Paulo Costa, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 7. History The oldest traces of the history of the ''concelho'' (municipality) of Arganil are located in Lomba do Canho and the dolmen known as Dolmem dos Moinhos de Vento, very close to the town of Arganil. By the chronology of its construction and occupation, centered on the second and third quarters of the first century BC, well before the creation of the province of Lusitania, the military installation of Lomba do Canho corresponds to a phase of appropriation of the territory by the Romans. Not already the beginning of the conquest and submission of local populations, but a second moment of control and exploitation of resources, under the surveillance of a military garrison. Also in Côja (or Coja) it is po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro Region
The Central Region ( pt, Região do Centro, ) or Central Portugal is one of the statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Viseu, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Covilhã, Torres Vedras and Guarda. It is one of the seven Regions of Portugal ( NUTS II subdivisions). It is also one of the regions of Europe, as given by the European Union for statistical and geographical purposes. Its area totals . As of 2011, its population totalled 2,327,026 inhabitants, with a population density of 82 inhabitants per square kilometre. History Inhabited by the Lusitanians, an Indo-European people living in the western Iberian Peninsula, the Romans settled in the region and colonized it as a part of the Roman Province of '' Lusitânia''. The Roman town of Conímbriga, near Coimbra, is among the most noted and well-preserved remains of that period. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Visigoths were the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansião
Ansião () is a municipality in Leiria District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 13,128,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 176.09 km². The present Mayor is António José Domingues, elected by the . The municipal holiday is . Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes ('' |
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